Love the slow tempo Rider! To be honest I think this does better justice to the song's roots than the boys' usual bouncy version.

Beautifully trippy slice of GD Heaven! Monster Eleven, sweet, dripping DarkStar...Such a great era, Pigpen's prime. Spring 70 must have been an unreal tour!

This is an incredible show and it is really a quite good AUD for the period, excellent really. I enjoyed the heck out of this one.

Spring of 1970 was one of those magic periods where everything was totally working.

Many thanks to Richard, Gerhard, Carsten, Uli and Hanno.

To the best of my research, Mammoth Gardens is now the Fillmore Auditorium at Colfax and Fillmore. In the venue, today, they have photos of many of the bands that have played there. You can see a picture of the show and the location credited to Mammoth Gardens. This was later confirmed by a story published in one of the Dead sales rags. I'll dig it up. The hall was originally built as a warehouse, It still has the steel framed roof trusses and the feels of a nice warehouse. The sound is great all thing considered and the show is amazing. the jam cuts, but continues in A Man's World. Hot! Wonder if that was one of the times they cut off the power. 4 stars vs. other 1970, 5 overall.

This is the last Eleven and what a great show. Imagine an Eleven on 6/24.

The recording is terrible, but the show is so great I have to give it a 4.

The Dark Start is one for the ages, just skip right to it and enjoy it despite the sound.

Damn! I've now listened to the Eleven six times. So nice to hear it so cleanly played without overamped Lesh bass muddying Jerry's licks. The first set is sleepy but somehow I still liked it. The quality of the recording is not great but it sounds like the room was a tough one to record in. But the Eleven makes it all worth it. Don't miss it.

Latest installment of "The Eleven" that I've heard or heard about. That makes this show a 5 star alone. The last time my favorite jam was ever played (I've read 4-26 was but no tape has been found).

Not a nicely recorded as I hoped, but it still sounds lovely. I've been really influenced by their late 60s to mid 70s shows. those are my favorites. anyone else have other time periods of gd love? :] happy days!

This recording is all likelihood is not the 25th but the 24th. If one reads the referenced newspaper article it says the band played Good Lovin. They did-I was at this show and remember it well as I was a fan of The Rascals at the time. The concert blew my mind and the article is accurate as to the intensity of the show but fails to mention the power was turned off—twice—forcing the band to call it quits for the night.

Was anyone else out there at this show?

I'm gonna give this show a fiver. Not just cuz its on my B-day (or the day after)14 years before I was born, not just because the shitty sound quality makes this acoustic IKYR sound all that more ethereal and timeless, but SIMPLY CUZ ITS THERE! Shows like this are not to be taken for granted. I'm so glad someone had the where-with-all to stick a mic in the air at this show or else I never would have heard it. THANK YOU!!!

Thanks for the upgrade. I like this better than the SirMick upgrade which I felt had artifacts from NR.

my wife laughed at me for listening to this all the way through, it sounds that bad.

im gonna give it a five just for the eleven, this has to be one of its best version, i mean the sound quality may soud like crap, but that's what makes it a little bit better, the licks jerry plays jus' go sraight to the soul

After ignoring an earlier copy of gd70-04-24 because of its reportedly awful quality I downloaded the cleaned up version found here. Give this show a shot. After a rough few minutes the recording improves and becomes listenable. Stick it out to the electric set and youll be up there in Denver with the band. Mammoth Gardens had the acoustics of a bus station bathroom, so things didnt sound any better from the floor.
The show is misdated. The recording was made on April 25,1970.
How do I know? Could anyone forget a first show? After the download I relived a night thirty-four years in my past recognizing everything. In fact, I knew the show before a single note was played.
On the first track just before Know Your Rider, some of the crowd chants Sit down, sit down The chanting was directed at a lucky bunch standing in front of the stage. I took the chanting personally and so did a few of my friends,.but we didnt sit! The chanting got ugly after the tune and Bob Weir intervened with banter about the famous dichotomy/duality between those who like to sit and those who like to stand. He knew that everyone would be up before long anyway.
Was the show good? Definitely! Absolutely! It was a musical epiphany and I harassed friends with recounts of the evening for years thereafter. Dont discount my opinion as first show hangover. Mike DeLong, a Reviewer for the Colorado Springs SUN felt strongly as well. As he described the evening his adjectives escalated from exuberant though joyful, soaring, throbbing, and finally to excruciating (as in climax). Read his entire review at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/deadlists@nemesis.cs.berkeley.edu/msg02287.html .
Rating? I LOVE the show, but given the flaws (especially the chunk missing from It's A Man's World) a rating of three stars is charitable enough.
Check out DeLongs review before deciding move on without this show. The Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven segue is way too good to ignore. Besides, this may have been be the last time the three were put together. Also, catch the band-instigated counterpoint clapping towards the end of Uncle Johns Band.
What are you waiting for? Fire-up your download manager and give this show a listen.